Mitochondrial DNA and the peopling of South America

Human Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-178

  Lewis, Cecil M ^a   Lizárraga, Beatriz ^b   Tito, Raúl Y ^b,c   López, Paul W ^b   Iannacone, Gian Carlo ^b   Medina, Angel ^b   Martínez, Rolando ^b   Polo, Susan I ^b   De La Cruz, Augusto F ^b   Cáceres, Angela M ^b   Stone, Anne C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonian populations; Amerindians; Amova; Andean populations; Hypervariable region 1; MTDNA; Native Americans; Peopling of South America; Peru

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MIGRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 35448990958     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2007.0031     Document Type: Article

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